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I think videos 3 & 4 are the best from that selection, because the subject matter is relatively clear and interesting. The first video has such a shallow DOF that I'm not sure what I'm meant to be seeing, and everywhere I look is just bokeh. That would probably be my main suggestion: try more depth of field so that your viewers can see more of the subject matter.

Have you tried doing a time lapse of the fisherman on the big bridge in Istanbul? When I was there there must have been a hundred men fishing off it.

I like 3 & 4 the best. In 1 & 2 there isn't a lot happening and if there is, it's happening at the edge or off the frame so you can't see it. #2 particularly, feels more like the boat got in the way.

In 3 & 4 there is quite a lot going on which makes them interesting to watch, especially 4 which has people (people are more erratic than cars on a road)However, in 4 you seem to have skipped some frames 11 sec into the film - the boats suddenly move

I don't have speakers on my PC at the moment so I didn't notice the lack of sound but sound would probably improve it (unless you chose to use the spice girls or something!)

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You need to drag the shutter more to blur the subject motion, I aim for 1s. (or .8s if like me you have long exposure NR enabled) this will help with the foreground waves and the hustle and bustle in 4.

I would say in the first one there is no motivation for the tilt effect. The ship is the primary subject and when it comes to life it is immediately rendered blurry. The shot is too low and not wide enough for the minature effect, so it's use here seems wasted. You can also use a tilt shift properly which in combination with an ND can offer you great depth of field for a wider aperture, letting you use, say an ND500 etc without resorting to an extended exposure or noisy high ISO's.

The tilt can add a really cool effect, but you seem to have used it here for the sake of using it without any real motivation (that said it works well in clip 3)

There is no camera motion, which can really lift a timelapse, I have a telescope go-to head which can be put on really slow slew for timelapse pans and tilts, or you could do it the easier way and use the ken burns zoom and pan in post idea (create your QT movie at source resolution, take into your editing app and remember to add beziers to the ramps)

On the positive your exposure ramping is excellent, so you've either shot entirely wide open, or you've decoupled your lens enough so as to lock a pre-set aperture.

The colours in 1 are fantastic, I would have maybe started a stop or so brighter, giving you a bit more at the other end when it gets dark.

You have the technique nailed (other than say the longer exposure) I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.

Don't be too annoyed with me. If I'm asked an opinion I'll always give it straight. There's lots to be happy with, especially in clip 3.

The first one is my favourite, because things are happening. The second and third don't really have much going on that justify a time lapse (you could almost achieve the same thing with a single still photograph). If the diggers had been digging or driving around in the third video, it would have been really good!

It's long, but it's a great piece of instruction by someone with a lot of experience. I decided not to get into it because I don't want to deal with that many image files, file storage, shutter actuations, etc.

But I sure love watching a good one. And apparently there is some market out there to sell them.